Irish government wants to return asylum seekers to UK
Tánaiste (deputy prime minister) Micheál Martin said the UK’s Rwanda policy was already impacting Ireland.
Legislation to revive the UK’s Rwanda policy became law on Thursday.
It aims to deter people from crossing the English Channel by sending some asylum seekers to the central African country.
No migrants have yet been sent from the UK.
The UK government had hoped for flights to take off by the spring but Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says this should now happen within 10 to 12 weeks.
A spokesman for Mr Harris said the taoiseach had asked Ms McEntee “to bring proposals to cabinet next week to amend existing law regarding the designation of safe ‘third countries’ and allowing the return of inadmissible international protection applicants to the UK”, Irish broadcaster RTÉ reported on Saturday.
Speaking on RTÉ’s Six One News, Ms McEntee said: “There are many reasons why we have seen an increase in migration toward Ireland.
